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familysearch.org

Category: Education

Scanned: Jul 4, 2026, 04:54 AM UTC · First seen: Jul 4, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
98 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of familysearch.org Captured Jul 4, 2026
https://familysearch.org
Screenshot of familysearch.org
28 years
Very Popular - #3,877 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Ashburn, United States
Unknown
Unknown
34.194.105.81
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Key-Systems GmbH
Registered June 25, 1998
Expires June 24, 2027
Name Servers ns-1481.awsdns-57.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
3 files scanned
No threats
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www.familysearch.org/hemlock-night-gosper-this-go-this-famids-not-of- 849 B No threats
www.familysearch.org/en/global.http-redirect 101 B No threats
www.familysearch.org/en/global 848 B No threats
External Links & Domains
3
External Links
All Clean
2
Iframes
Flagged
2
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
1
Flagged Resources
Detected
46.62.242.131Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://familysearch.org/_incapsula_resource?cwudnsai%3D23&xinfo%3D12-1738570-0%20nnnn%20rt%281783140796592%2011%29%20q%280%20-1%20-1%20-1%29%20r%280%20-1%29%20b15%2814%2c0%2c0%29%20u24&incident_id%3D720000690015149127-8778316199760204&edet%3D15&cinfo%3D0e000000ee12&bhNot flagged
http://familysearch.org/_incapsula_resource?cwudnsai%3D23&xinfo%3D3-2678853-0%20nnnn%20rt%281783140796678%2011%29%20q%280%20-1%20-1%20-1%29%20r%280%20-1%29%20b15%2814%2c0%2c0%29%20u24&incident_id%3D720000690015149127-12576171096019267&edet%3D15&cinfo%3D0e000000ee18&bhNot flagged
http://familysearch.org/hemlock-night-gosper-this-go-this-famids-not-of-Not flagged
46.62.242.131Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
familysearch.orgNot flagged
<iframe id%3D"main-iframe" src%3D"/_Incapsula_Resource?CWUDNSAI%3D23&xinfo%3D12-1738570-0%20NNNN%20RT%281783140796592%2011%29%20q%280%20-1%20-1%20-1%29%20r%280%20-1%29%20B15%2814%2c0%2c0%29%20U24&incident_id%3D720000690015149127-8778316199760204&edet%3D15&cinfo%3D0e000000ee12&rpinfo%3D0&cip%3D46.62.242.131&mth%3DGET" frameborder%3D0 width%3D"100%" height%3D"100%" marginheight%3D"0px" marginwidth%3D"0px">Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
<iframe id%3D"main-iframe" src%3D"/_Incapsula_Resource?CWUDNSAI%3D23&xinfo%3D3-2678853-0%20NNNN%20RT%281783140796678%2011%29%20q%280%20-1%20-1%20-1%29%20r%280%20-1%29%20B15%2814%2c0%2c0%29%20U24&incident_id%3D720000690015149127-12576171096019267&edet%3D15&cinfo%3D0e000000ee18&rpinfo%3D0&cip%3D46.62.242.131&mth%3DGET" frameborder%3D0 width%3D"100%" height%3D"100%" marginheight%3D"0px" marginwidth%3D"0px">Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
familysearch.org Overview

Description of familysearch.org

FamilySearch appears to be a long-established genealogy and family history website focused on helping users research ancestors, build family trees, and search historical records. Based on the homepage content, the platform offers access to ancestor profiles, photographs, and historical documents, with tools for entering family information and exploring lineage data.

The domain name and on-page branding indicate that the site is dedicated to family history research rather than commerce or entertainment. Its navigation highlights features such as Family Tree, Search, Memories, Get Involved, and Activities, suggesting a broad genealogy platform intended for individuals, families, and researchers interested in ancestry and historical records.

Based on the domain age and public-facing presentation, this appears to be a mature, established online service with significant user reach. The site’s high traffic ranking and long registration history are consistent with a widely used genealogy resource.

Safety Assessment for familysearch.org

Scan results were strongly favorable at the time of this scan. The domain was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, and major threat-database checks did not report phishing, malware, or blacklist listings. The domain is also very old, has an established traffic presence, and the screenshot shows a professional genealogy service rather than content commonly associated with scams or deceptive pages.

One low-confidence cautionary signal was present in a separate malware scan, which referenced a generic suspicious object tied to an IP string rather than showing corroborated malicious detections across multiple engines. Because this finding was not supported by the broader scan results, and blacklist checks were clean, it appears more consistent with a heuristic or context-specific alert than with confirmed harmful activity.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan. Overall, the available evidence suggests the website appears to present a low risk to visitors at this time.

Technical Description

The site was using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by DigiCert, with expiration listed as 2026-11-11. It is hosted on AWS EC2 in Ashburn, United States, and uses AWS nameservers, which is consistent with mainstream cloud-hosted infrastructure. The server IP observed in the scan was 34.194.105.81.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No major technical security issues were evident from the provided scan data, aside from the isolated generic heuristic reference to a separate IP string that was not corroborated by broader detection results.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://familysearch.org/
403 https://www.familysearch.org/
Website Insights
#3,877
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
May 25 Jul 3
5 cookies detected
Essential5
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
5 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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